Rainfall Records Broken At LAX, Long Beach, & Across California

LOS ANGELES, CA — The rainy weather produced some record results for numerous sites in California on Monday. The National Weather Service called preliminary rainfall totals "staggering."

A record rainfall of 0.13 inches was set at Long Beach Airport, breaking the old daily record of 0.08 inches set in 2010.

Other daily record rainfall was recorded at Camarillo Airport (0.7 inches, breaking old record of 0.39 inches set in 1940), Los Angeles International Airport (0.39 inches, breaking old record of 0.19 inches set in 1951), Paso Robles Airport (1.54 inches, breaking old record of 0.18 inches set in 1950), and Santa Maria Airport (1.28 inches, breaking old record of 0.3 inches set in 1951).

Records were also set up north. Downtown Sacramento reported a record 24-hour rainfall total of 5.44 inches, beating a record set in 1880, officials said.

In San Francisco, 4.02 inches fell Sunday, marking the wettest October day in downtown San Francisco, and the fourth wettest day ever in San Francisco dating back to 1849, according to the National Weather Service Bay Area.

"We have literally gone from fire/drought conditions to flooding in one storm cycle, a National Weather Service representative told KTLA5.

The rains causes widespread flooding, rock slides, and power outages in Northern California. Pacific Gas & Electric reported that 380,000 homes and businesses lost power, according to KTLA5.

— City News Service and Patch staffer Michael Wittner contributed to this report.